Bungie's Mea Culpa & a Promise to Keep Communication Lines Open

Rather than run a Destiny 2 live stream today, Bungie opted to post a detailed blog to provide players with insight into its lack of transparency over the recently discovered XP mechanic. Over the course of the last week, players have been loudly castigating Bungie for what it felt was a way to unfairly treat high end players. "Our intention was to keep slower-paced activities as rewarding as high intensity grinding without confusing variations in displayed XP values", Bungie wrote.

Going forward, Destiny 2’s post-launch game systems, features, and updates are being designed specifically to focus on and support players who want Destiny to be their hobby – the game they return to, and a game where friendships are made. We want Destiny to be a game that fits into your life, providing you with reasons to log in and play with your friends, clans, and families. We want Destiny to be a world you want to be a part of.

The blog goes on in great detail to flesh out a list made about a month ago of its "post-launch list of improvements" along with a rough outline of when players can expect to see things addressed.

"We've..been reading some tough criticism about our lack of communication, and we agree we need to be more open. We know it's frustrating when there isn't enough of a dialog with the development team. You have our commitment that we're going to do a better job going forward." the letter concludes.